Books Quote by Cody Edward Lee Miller

“I wrote this book because I had formed a strong impression that the people currently living were paying insufficient attention to the dead.”

— Niall Ferguson

“If nothing else, books are conversations from beyond the grave. Am I anything at all, Reader, besides this manuscript you hold?”

— Daniel Kraus

“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rottin', either write things width reading or do things worth writing.”

— Ben Franklin

“If you would not be forgotten As soon as you are dead and rotten, Either write things worth reading, Or do things worth the…

— Benjamin Franklin

“But I never think about dead people. Looking at these old graves makes me think how generation after generation of the same family are…

— John Berendt

“It does not mean much to be important. The most important man at a burial is dead.”

— C.J. Langenhoven

“So we are drawn to graveyards, where we can be close to the dead and ponder their fate as well as our own.”

— Julia Scheeres

“People like him, who buried their past so determinedly, should not help it from the grave so easily.”

— Steve Berry

“The dead are everywhere. Most are buried and forgotten. A very small number walk among you.”

— J.R. Rain

“You’re unlikely to find death anywhere near a tomb.  Everyone there is already dead. Death’s business is among the living.”

— A. Lee Martinez

“You know the good thing about digging your own grave? You always make it just the right size.”

— Alison Gaylin

“Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books. Each body has a story to tell...”

— Victoria Schwab